Yes, he is being overhyped at Test level. In Test cricket, visible potential counts for little and the main judge is FC performances and Test performances so far, which have both been average for Taylor. Furthermore, Taylor's knock against England yesterday was laughable, showing a lack of mental nouse.

The speed at which a fielding team gets through the innings is overrated.

More potential than any of the NZ top order, and more likely than Oram and Vettori to score big, even at this stage in his career. Taylor has played a handful of Tests and I haven't noticed any significant hype around him. He's being touted as the next big thing from New Zealand, but given the legacy of "big things" from New Zealand, that's not too bold a claim. New Zealand has always been greater than the sum of its parts.

I'm certain that his technique will improve.

Sreesanth said, "Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around nervously? I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."

Ryder is definitely overhyped. People were talking about his big breakthrough series against England. He played a couple of good innings. That's all. Even CricInfo over-rated him. He needs to do a lot more.

Taylor and Ryder are the new golden boys of New Zealand, Taylor due to him not being a total moron is touted as the stable scorer, while Ryder being an idiot is our fire child. Yet out on the pitch thats completely different, Ryder who did have success in his first few ODI's has to date been somewhat of a FC specialist, while Taylor is the stroke player. Reckon both will be gun.

Direbirds FTW!

Originally Posted by WindieWeathers

As they say "if you've got nothing good to say then don't say nothing at all" :cool:

I think Ross has a bit of work to do in tests, but that's no surprise as he hasn't played much test cricket.

I think his form in the IPL showed he's coming along nicely in the shorter format. He was by far the most consistent batsmen for Bangalore in the IPL before he left...going from a bench-sitter to actually having the fans sad to see him go because he was the only one scoring runs often enough.

I mean, he's got 1 century and 3 half-centuries in 5 tests. Not a bad return so far.